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but at the time it was obama's katrina was going to define his presidency. how many minutes, charlie, were devoted to the gulf oil spill in the presidential debates? how much, and the reason of course was that ultimately the president handled it well. the leak was stopped. reparations were being made. bp has spent tens of billions of dollars that they were compelled to spend to make good what they did wrong. prosecutions are moving forward. so it was the dog that didn't bark ultimately. but at the moment, it was, washington was in a frenzy this was going define the entire four years. and so what you have to learn in the white house is to keep your wits about you and understand that there are very, that you have to deal with all of it. but that very little of it is the defining issue. >> and in fact what are you doing in one day is going from one issue to another issue to another issue. >> yeah, i mean i remember the day we-- the day we dealt with the auto bailout, early in the administration. the president had a meeting on some national security 3450e9ing on
but at the time it was obama's katrina was going to define his presidency. how many minutes, charlie, were devoted to the gulf oil spill in the presidential debates? how much, and the reason of course was that ultimately the president handled it well. the leak was stopped. reparations were being made. bp has spent tens of billions of dollars that they were compelled to spend to make good what they did wrong. prosecutions are moving forward. so it was the dog that didn't bark ultimately. but at...
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the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes, it did. it played a role, it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive interrogations. at the time the interrogators and the c.i.a. didn't know who that was in particular so i would have to say the most important piece of information, and i don't know how we obtained it exactly was connecting that from kuwait to a real person ahmed. that was really the key. so i think those who argue that the hunt for bin laden really gained traction when we attach that name to a person can argue i think fairly that from that point and including that point there was no torture involved. but the fact that we were interested in this ahmed came from a number of interviews
the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes, it did. it played a role, it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive...
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we know president karzai will be day.ing with president obama onr iday. ng west, celeste ward gventer, thank you. >> thank you so much, judy. >> thank you. >> brown: next, a science and medical story involving research from the frontiers of robotics. ray suarez looks at how doctors are using high tech toys to help people with special needs. >> what's your favorite game? >> "mario cart," the original. >> reporter: in a carefully monitored session that seems more like playtime than therapy, researchers at the university of notre dame have enlisted an unusual therapist to assist their studies of children with autism, a two foot robot named kelly. >> i got to skip school today, because of you guys. >> that is so cool. i am so glad. >> reporter: kelly is working with 11 year old liam mcguire and a co-therapist of the human kind, kristen wier. >> for liam, kelly has become a friend. i mean, he's very excited to see her. you can tell, he lights up when he sees kelly, he leans forward, his posture changes, his eye contact is much stronger. i think it's something
we know president karzai will be day.ing with president obama onr iday. ng west, celeste ward gventer, thank you. >> thank you so much, judy. >> thank you. >> brown: next, a science and medical story involving research from the frontiers of robotics. ray suarez looks at how doctors are using high tech toys to help people with special needs. >> what's your favorite game? >> "mario cart," the original. >> reporter: in a carefully monitored session...
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president obama's re-election is now official. the 538 electoral college votes were certified and tallied today in a joint session of congress. the president won 332 votes, far more than needed. republican mitt romney was awarded 206. the president also won just over 51% of the popular vote, according to final counts. he's the first since eisenhower to achieve that mark in both his runs for the white house. the house voted today to approve more than $9 billion for flood insurance claims from hurricane sandy. the senate quickly followed suit. the house vote came just days after speaker john boehner delayed a vote on a larger aid bill worth $60 billion. that decision sparked an outcry from northeastern republicans. congressman peter king of new york argued today the funds are urgently needed for thousands who lost their homes. >> people are suffering. people are suffering and sufferingly increasing each day. i want to emphasize that this legislation is vital this is thought a handout this is not something we are looking for as a fav
president obama's re-election is now official. the 538 electoral college votes were certified and tallied today in a joint session of congress. the president won 332 votes, far more than needed. republican mitt romney was awarded 206. the president also won just over 51% of the popular vote, according to final counts. he's the first since eisenhower to achieve that mark in both his runs for the white house. the house voted today to approve more than $9 billion for flood insurance claims from...
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what is going to come out of obama care. what are they going to believe when they go to doctor's offices. there are all sorts of things coming. and we will. i think people will say we need to deserve better we need to do better. >> at the end of the next four years at a minimum social security shave a path with bankruptcy and minimum of $20 trillion in debt. we have had tough times before we have been through a depression a civil war two world wars a war on terrorism more recently but seems to me when every child is born owes the minute they take their breath 203,000 dollars that's a difficult mathematical equation for me to over come. >> what is your suggestion? throw in the towel. >> what i am saying is i want -- i don't want pail pass tells i want bold color differences. i have not seen enough bold colored differences. i don't want republicans to be the party light. it has a little weakness there, bill. you and i agree on almost everything. talking about a good bench. they are now on the field. we have the first team on t
what is going to come out of obama care. what are they going to believe when they go to doctor's offices. there are all sorts of things coming. and we will. i think people will say we need to deserve better we need to do better. >> at the end of the next four years at a minimum social security shave a path with bankruptcy and minimum of $20 trillion in debt. we have had tough times before we have been through a depression a civil war two world wars a war on terrorism more recently but...
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and taking to the streets to hold president obama accountable protesters march here in d.c. trying to push the president into posing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants that they claim are on trial we'll take you to the discussion . and farmers versus monsanto a group of farmers are trying to reinstate a class action lawsuit against the biotech giant what they're fighting about and why the issue may affect what's on your dinner table coming up. it's friday january eleventh four pm in washington d.c. . and you're watching r.t. right well it's the moment we've all been waiting for for over a decade just hours ago president obama met with his afghan counterpart to discuss a twenty fourteen drawdown of american troops now in front of the camera both president obama and president karzai have presented a united front and say that they agree on the future goals for afghanistan here's one of the more surprising moments that came out of today's speech started. training. assistance afghan forces. it will be a stork moment and another step toward f
and taking to the streets to hold president obama accountable protesters march here in d.c. trying to push the president into posing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants that they claim are on trial we'll take you to the discussion . and farmers versus monsanto a group of farmers are trying to reinstate a class action lawsuit against the biotech giant what they're fighting about and why the issue may affect what's on your dinner table coming up. it's friday...
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would literally sit in counters to challenge segregation to slow down business as usual when barack obama gets on the television and begs his followers and when politicians implore their followers to get on the switchboard to shut him down to send a message to support a position it's considered free speech the da says essentially nothing different than what obama is doing what politicians are doing and what corporations are doing to lobbying firms all right one could say that there are kind of some notable differences for example if you're picketing more traditionally the more traditional way of protesting is you're kind of a group of people gather outside they chant they hold signs a lot of times that can be very inconvenient for the company but it doesn't necessarily shut them down at least for the most part we haven't come across for example the case that i'm dealing with northern california right now which is sort of the penultimate quote unquote. doesn't involve a dent in the theft or theft of services or stealing or anything criminal like that it's a straight slowdown didas attack i
would literally sit in counters to challenge segregation to slow down business as usual when barack obama gets on the television and begs his followers and when politicians implore their followers to get on the switchboard to shut him down to send a message to support a position it's considered free speech the da says essentially nothing different than what obama is doing what politicians are doing and what corporations are doing to lobbying firms all right one could say that there are kind of...
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and i was commanding a mission for president obama as commander in chief, and my mission was to make that effort in afghanistan succeed. it was also implied in that mission in my view not to create controversies that made the president's job harder. and so whether or not i thought that that article was a fairnd accura deption not i'm responsible. i accepted responsibility because that's what commands do and that's what i was raised to do. i had no recitation to do that. >> rose: but there's this. i talked to fortunater secretary of defense robert gates about this. he says to me that i wanted stan to stay. he didn't give me anything to keep him there which means i think you just fell on your sword. >> charlie i accepted responsibility. all of this happened in about a 24 hour period. there really wasn't time even for me to dohe kind of investigation on the things there that i thought were probably warranted. i thought it was most important that i stand up and take responsibility. if the truth gets sorted out later that's good. but the mission is more important. >> rose: some argued the
and i was commanding a mission for president obama as commander in chief, and my mission was to make that effort in afghanistan succeed. it was also implied in that mission in my view not to create controversies that made the president's job harder. and so whether or not i thought that that article was a fairnd accura deption not i'm responsible. i accepted responsibility because that's what commands do and that's what i was raised to do. i had no recitation to do that. >> rose: but...
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obama, president obama, strangely reluctant to take the lead this week. he left it to vice president biden. >> well, again, i would take a rather more optimistic view about the politics, as well. we can all agree that it's a very messy process, politics all over the world in europe and in washington lionel and i both worked for the fd in washington, so, we understand that process reasonably well. i actually think that the next two months are more encouraged about the out look for the next two months for what happened in the last few weeks in washington precisely because in a sense they've gone through a cathartic experience. this was very, very ugly and very, very difficult, i think especially for the republican party. so, i think that this potentially sets a precedent whereby you can see majorities certainly in the senate and possibly in the house being formed from the democrats plus a significant number of moderate republicans, which would be capable of coming up with compromises, especially because as i think we've both agreed, it's not about taking re
obama, president obama, strangely reluctant to take the lead this week. he left it to vice president biden. >> well, again, i would take a rather more optimistic view about the politics, as well. we can all agree that it's a very messy process, politics all over the world in europe and in washington lionel and i both worked for the fd in washington, so, we understand that process reasonably well. i actually think that the next two months are more encouraged about the out look for the next...
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and in effect it creates an official secrets act which we don't have in this country so even though obama was elected as the change president and on a platform of openness and transparency he actually has expanded the bush secrecy regime that had been put in place over the preceding eight years and this is a trend that will just continue to exacerbate over the next four years i do not see it getting any better i mean right now ironically brennan john brennan. who is the drone daddy and who have lived approved a lot of the torture techniques on which john kiriakou blew the whistle john brennan is now nominated to head the cia so to me that clear cut find of what will get you promoted and then stay within the cia and what will get you thrown in jail just talk about it's just that i mean what does that say about a society about a country that we award applaud people who are committing these horrific acts i mean overseeing the assassination program completely without due process drone wars i mean we're putting them at top levels of these cabinets and then we're persecuting prosecuting and arr
and in effect it creates an official secrets act which we don't have in this country so even though obama was elected as the change president and on a platform of openness and transparency he actually has expanded the bush secrecy regime that had been put in place over the preceding eight years and this is a trend that will just continue to exacerbate over the next four years i do not see it getting any better i mean right now ironically brennan john brennan. who is the drone daddy and who have...
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president obama host president karzai at the white house today on the agenda of the war in afghanistan u.s. troops have been in the country since two thousand and one so when will we leave for good a report on that meeting just ahead. he's been trapped by president obama to be the next person to leave the treasury department sizes terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew our t. does some digging into his past we'll show you the info that we dug up. in farmers versus months on so a group of farmers are trying to reinstate a class action lawsuit against the biotech giant what they are fighting about and why the issue may affect what's on your dinner table coming up. it's friday january eleventh five eight pm in washington d.c. hi meghan lopez and you're watching our t.v. well it's the moment we've all been waiting for over a decade for earlier today president obama met with his afghan counterpart to discuss a twenty fourteen drawdown of american troops now in front of the camera both president obama and president karzai have presented a united front and say they agree on
president obama host president karzai at the white house today on the agenda of the war in afghanistan u.s. troops have been in the country since two thousand and one so when will we leave for good a report on that meeting just ahead. he's been trapped by president obama to be the next person to leave the treasury department sizes terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew our t. does some digging into his past we'll show you the info that we dug up. in farmers versus months on so...
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i can't help but think how bizarre it is that we're seeing all of this happen now i mean under the obama administration as you said he's prosecuted more whistleblowers than every other presidency combined dredging up this archaic piece of legislation to really do this why and now why is this happening right now albeit under the most transparent administration you know self-proclaimed of course yeah i ask myself that a lot as someone who had supported obama i think initially it was to curry favor with the national security and intelligence establishment which has seen him as weak coming into office i think as these cases have evolved and accumulated it's been more about creating bad precedent for actually going after analysts who are in every single indictment and i think overall it creates and in effect it creates an official secrets act which we don't have in this country so even though obama was elected as the change president and on a platform of openness and transparency he actually has expanded the bush secrecy regime that had been put in place over the preceding eight years and thi
i can't help but think how bizarre it is that we're seeing all of this happen now i mean under the obama administration as you said he's prosecuted more whistleblowers than every other presidency combined dredging up this archaic piece of legislation to really do this why and now why is this happening right now albeit under the most transparent administration you know self-proclaimed of course yeah i ask myself that a lot as someone who had supported obama i think initially it was to curry...
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america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks a so-called assassination saw the john brennan and surprise maverick the pacifist chuck hagel a top security jobs. adama in downing street britain's coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success on its future plans leave the public unimpressed. north korea lives that's why wolf will a visit of a hit although it's a giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economists to help it open up foreign investment. and if it's not of writing in belfast flags up of the social and political divide the mildren island has police use non-lethal force on loyalists angered by restrictions on displaying the union flag. it's five pm in moscow and you're watching r t with me to bomb would say all top story this hour now a pacifist are accused of being anti israeli in charge of the military and an apparent supporter of. those in charge of intelligence that president obama's recommendations to run the pentagon and the cia and she can pull the nominees. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president o
america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks a so-called assassination saw the john brennan and surprise maverick the pacifist chuck hagel a top security jobs. adama in downing street britain's coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success on its future plans leave the public unimpressed. north korea lives that's why wolf will a visit of a hit although it's a giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economists to help it open up foreign...
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are trying to push president obama into closing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants they claim are on trial we'll take you to the demonstration and he's been tapped by president obama to be the next person to lead the treasury department besides this terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew does some digging into his past will share what info we found coming up. it's friday january eleventh five pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and you're watching r.t. all right well at the moment we've all been waiting for for over a decade just hours ago president obama met with his afghan counterpart to discuss a twenty fourteen drawdown of american troops now in front of the camera both president obama and president karzai have presented a united front and say that they agree on the future goals for the country here's one of the more surprising moments that came out of today's speech starting this. troops will have different. training advise and assist afghan forces. it will be a stork moment and another step toward full afghan sovereig
are trying to push president obama into closing guantanamo bay the facility in cuba where the u.s. holds enemy combatants they claim are on trial we'll take you to the demonstration and he's been tapped by president obama to be the next person to lead the treasury department besides this terrible handwriting what else do we know about jack lew does some digging into his past will share what info we found coming up. it's friday january eleventh five pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and...
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president barack obama has put forward his current counter terrorism adviser john brennan as the new head of the cia he's also announced maverick conservative chuck hagel as his choice for defense secretary will talk more on the president's choices i'm joined now live by u.s. army colonel macgregor well as a retired u.s. army colonel are you happy the country's security will be in safe hands if he gets his way oh absolutely no question about it particularly regarding senator hagel why. well there are a number of things first of all hago has been a very effective and strong critic of the interventions over the last several years and the mismanagement of our policies and the squandering of blood and treasure on missions that make no sense strategically for the united states asked for years that's what subset large numbers of people who have supported bad decisions the decision to intervene and then occupy iraq and then to transform the initial operation in afghanistan into a nation building mission being right those were disasters and i think that's one of the reasons that people on th
president barack obama has put forward his current counter terrorism adviser john brennan as the new head of the cia he's also announced maverick conservative chuck hagel as his choice for defense secretary will talk more on the president's choices i'm joined now live by u.s. army colonel macgregor well as a retired u.s. army colonel are you happy the country's security will be in safe hands if he gets his way oh absolutely no question about it particularly regarding senator hagel why. well...
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you know the obama administration has been using a very narrow definition that they've been talking about freedom of worship they've been arguing in court the justice department has been arguing in court in these what because the supreme court this is this is from the you know the u.s. versus lee when followers of a particular sect enter into commercial activity as a matter of choice the limits they accept on their own conduct as a matter of conscience and faith are not to be superimposed on the statutory schemes which are by others no matter if i guess what i would cite is the first amendment which says that we have the free exercise of our religion that means all week long even to me if my own agrees or everyone is it means if you want to earn a living and abide by the tenets of your faith you ought to be able to do so if you want to run a charity and not just in your the avatar you lobby should not refuse to. take birth control pills or or even pay for their own birth control pills but if their employees want to have comprehensive health care you know what the employees of hobby lobby
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the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes it did. it played a role it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive interrogations. at the time the interrogators and the c.i.a. didn't know who that was in particular so i would have to say the most important piece of information and i don't know how we obtained it exactly was connecting that from kuwait to a real person ahmed. that was really the key. so i think those who argue that the hunt for bin laden really gained traction when we attach that name to a person can argue i think fairly that from that point and including that point there was no torture involved. but the fact that we were interested in this ahmed came from a number of interviews th
the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes it did. it played a role it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive...
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troops according to president barack obama are expected to fully withdraw by the end of twenty fourteen is that a sign of victory or defeat in the so-called war on terror i don't think it's a sign of neither one i think it's a sign that the u.s. public is tired of this we initially went in for one specific reason and that was to dismantle the government of the taliban and to destroy al qaida now people ask why are we still there how many al qaeda are there under president bush in the early part of the obama administration we heard the numbers fifty there may be fifty al qaeda left in afghanistan are we there because a fifty fifty al qaeda members know it is morphed into something far larger than that is it because. the former soviet union the former what we'll call the stands it was because ten tajikistan because it could stand you could stand to have the largest untapped oil and natural gas reserves in the world if you talk to the afghans you talk to the taliban you'll say oh that's why the united states wants to stay here people say it's because we want to surround iran bases in the g
troops according to president barack obama are expected to fully withdraw by the end of twenty fourteen is that a sign of victory or defeat in the so-called war on terror i don't think it's a sign of neither one i think it's a sign that the u.s. public is tired of this we initially went in for one specific reason and that was to dismantle the government of the taliban and to destroy al qaida now people ask why are we still there how many al qaeda are there under president bush in the early part...
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president obama taps a new warrior for the debt ceiling fight. he chooses jacob lew to be the 76th u.s. secretary of the treasury. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. uncle sam wants to make sure you can afford that home loan before you buy. new rules to protect consumers from bad mortgage lenders are on their way. >> susie: and, we look at whether new year's resolutions, to lose weight, can pump up your portfolio. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: president obama named today a "low key" washington hand as his new secretary of the treasury. jacob lew is being called a man who combines tough bargaining with deep economic understanding and a commitment to protecting the safety net for the poor and the elderly. some republicans have promised to oppose lew's nomination, but most say they are reserving
president obama taps a new warrior for the debt ceiling fight. he chooses jacob lew to be the 76th u.s. secretary of the treasury. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. uncle sam wants to make sure you can afford that home loan before you buy. new rules to protect consumers from bad mortgage lenders are on their way. >> susie: and, we look at whether new year's resolutions, to lose weight, can pump up your portfolio. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie:...
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. >> obama qualified it. obama said i believe in american exceptionalism just like the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. >> eliot: i thought it was fascinating and correct. do you disagree with his sense of what exceptionalism is and what his understanding of it. >> he has retreated from that, that's the problem. >> eliot: but as he stated it. >> his rhetoric had more and more american exceptionalism. he bought into it. once you criticize it, you're attack. mike huckabee said if you don't believe in american exceptionalism-- >> eliot: mike huck abee aside of course we believe in it. >> but exceptionalism doesn't mean that we're different, we are better. different is good. we celebrate difference. >> eliot: coming back to foreign policy, do you see it as far as back as the spanish american war, the colonial empire and philippines, etc. >> the little brown brother describe the filipino rebels and there was torturing going on back then, waterboarding racism b
. >> obama qualified it. obama said i believe in american exceptionalism just like the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. >> eliot: i thought it was fascinating and correct. do you disagree with his sense of what exceptionalism is and what his understanding of it. >> he has retreated from that, that's the problem. >> eliot: but as he stated it. >> his rhetoric had more and more american exceptionalism. he bought...
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has such a strong relationship with israel a relationship that president obama and self has referred to as quote an unbreakable bond one of the reasons the connection between these two countries is so close because of a powerful lobbying effort apac the american israel public affairs committee itself described as the most important organization affecting the u.s. relationship with israel the lobby has tens of thousands of members and its annual annual policy conference is one of washington's largest gathering of lawmakers exceeded only by the state of the union address which is why republican senator chuck hagel two thousand and six jurors such heavy criticism over his views on the lobbies influence he said quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean united states senator i'm not an israeli senator now that hagel has been tapped for a spot as defense secretary the mainstream media has been very quick to pick up on those past criticisms but why has the questioning of this lobby become so taboo to talk about this unbreakable bond and
has such a strong relationship with israel a relationship that president obama and self has referred to as quote an unbreakable bond one of the reasons the connection between these two countries is so close because of a powerful lobbying effort apac the american israel public affairs committee itself described as the most important organization affecting the u.s. relationship with israel the lobby has tens of thousands of members and its annual annual policy conference is one of washington's...
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president obama unveils his candidates for america's top security jobs creating uproar over a possible shift in telecom policy and fears of a bush era revival at the cia. halfway through the u.k.'s coalition government marks midterm with an enormous to do list leaving mattie in the stare he had britain deeply unimpressed. was has the hand of google visits north korea the spine of washington's criticism we look out whether the internet giant has any chance to gauge with a reclusive nation that remains under u.s. sanctions. it is now i am in the russian capital watching r t was me marina joshie now president obama has routed out his national security team for approval by the senate he's nominated former senator chuck hagel as a pentagon head and counterterrorism adviser john brennan to leave the cia the pegs have sparked speculation that obama is actually trying to kill two birds with one stone as he's going to explains. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security pol
president obama unveils his candidates for america's top security jobs creating uproar over a possible shift in telecom policy and fears of a bush era revival at the cia. halfway through the u.k.'s coalition government marks midterm with an enormous to do list leaving mattie in the stare he had britain deeply unimpressed. was has the hand of google visits north korea the spine of washington's criticism we look out whether the internet giant has any chance to gauge with a reclusive nation that...
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william cohen, and bob gates, re-appointed by president obama in 2009. and chuck hagel is a republican senator from nebraska. the republican committee is not jumping up and down celebrating. today, they released a statement about serious concerns that hagel has taken on a range of critical national security issues. republican senator graham got even more specific. >> chuck hagel, if confirmed to be secretary of defense would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards israel in our nation's history. he said you should negotiate with iran, sanctions won't work, that israel must negotiate with hamas, he has long cut his ties with the republican party. this is an in-your-face nomination by the president, to those of us that support. >> he means they have this to say about the conservative movement, america, the next chapter. chuck hagel writes, so why did we invade iraq? i believe it is the triumph, arrogance and incompetent that took america into this war of choice. chuck hagel, it should be said did not begin his career as a foreign policy apost
william cohen, and bob gates, re-appointed by president obama in 2009. and chuck hagel is a republican senator from nebraska. the republican committee is not jumping up and down celebrating. today, they released a statement about serious concerns that hagel has taken on a range of critical national security issues. republican senator graham got even more specific. >> chuck hagel, if confirmed to be secretary of defense would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards israel in...
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america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama big cell phone called assassination of dr john brennan and suppose the maverick has a visit chuck hagel for top security jobs. i don't know in downing street bridges coalition government tries to trumpet it midterm success well its future plans leave the public on impression. that north korea lives so why a wall for the visit of the head of the internet giant google i mean before the secretive state is inviting the german economy as to how to open up for foreign investment. and if they're not i don't writing in belfast of flags of the social and political divide in the world when i lose as police use non-lethal force loyalists angered by restrictions in this play the union flag. this is archie. a pacifist i q's job being anti israeli in charge of the military and an apparent supporter of the harsh interrogation methods in charge of intelligence president obama's recommendations to run the pentagon and the cia i wasn't in correspondent guy and she began profiles of the nominees. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary presid
america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama big cell phone called assassination of dr john brennan and suppose the maverick has a visit chuck hagel for top security jobs. i don't know in downing street bridges coalition government tries to trumpet it midterm success well its future plans leave the public on impression. that north korea lives so why a wall for the visit of the head of the internet giant google i mean before the secretive state is inviting the german economy as to...
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america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks so called us estimations are john brennan and supposed maverick of has of this chuck hagel for top security jobs. down and downing streets of bridges coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success while his future plans leave the public unimpressed. class north korea lives its why a war for the visit of the head of internet giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economy is to help it open up for foreign investment. and a night of rioting in belfast of legs of the social and political divide in northern ireland as police use non-lethal force on loyalists angered by restrictions in displaying the union flag. at six pm here in moscow and you're watching r t with me to bomb would say our top story this hour now about sophistic use of being anti israeli in charge of the military and an apparent supporter of harsh interrogation methods in charge of intelligence that president obama's recommendations to run the pentagon and the cia a washington correspondent guy image again profiles the nominees.
america's senator braces for confirmation battle as obama picks so called us estimations are john brennan and supposed maverick of has of this chuck hagel for top security jobs. down and downing streets of bridges coalition government tries to trumpet its midterm success while his future plans leave the public unimpressed. class north korea lives its why a war for the visit of the head of internet giant google amid reports the secretive state is inviting german economy is to help it open up for...
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by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's how people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran has been one of very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dares to question and dissent from washington orthodoxies on foreign policy one of them has to do with israel if you dare to publicly point out that the u.s. and israel are separate countries and american interests should trump israeli interests when they conflict and that's a subversive thing to say here in washington could be a career killer the advocates for direct negotiations with hamas he condemned the power of the pro israel lobby in washington here's one of his statements to that effect the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i have always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel i
by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's how people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran has been one of very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dares to question and dissent from washington orthodoxies on foreign policy one of them has...
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if i had to say what is the obama doctrine? it is end today's wars as quickly as possible, be reticent about getting involved in future wars and nation-build at home as he said constantly during the campaign and that means drawing down the pentagon because you need that money and hagel comports with that world view exactly so hagel fits perfectly with the obama administration's agenda right now. gwen: alexis, you were at the white house for the news conference this afternoon and to get to christie's question, did you have a sense that they meant to make an announcement that things were changing or was it coming out to say everything was fine, we'll proceed at pace? >> the administration has been lining up thoughts about how many troops will be left and how firmly the president believes that the united states is going to proceed on a time table. so the administration was dangling the idea that there might be zero troops as a pressure, a way to pressure karzai and the afghan, you know, government, in order to suggest, you know, y
if i had to say what is the obama doctrine? it is end today's wars as quickly as possible, be reticent about getting involved in future wars and nation-build at home as he said constantly during the campaign and that means drawing down the pentagon because you need that money and hagel comports with that world view exactly so hagel fits perfectly with the obama administration's agenda right now. gwen: alexis, you were at the white house for the news conference this afternoon and to get to...
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president obama unveils his kind of it's for america's top security jobs creating aprile of a possible shift implanted on policy and fears of a bush era revival at the cia. halfway through the u.k.'s coalition government wants mid-term a with an enormous to do list leaving many in and started to hit bridge and deeply unimpressed. cuts as the head of google of those as north korea despite washington's a criticism look at whether the internet giant has any chance to engage with the reclusive nation that remains under u.s. sanctions. is three pm here in moscow you love with us on our do you with me tom would say president obama has rounded out his national security team for approval by the senate is dominated for months senator chuck hagel as the pentagon heads and counterterrorism adviser john brennan julie the cia the picks up spot speculation that obama is actually trying to kill two birds with one stone as artie's go on it should you can experience. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush admi
president obama unveils his kind of it's for america's top security jobs creating aprile of a possible shift implanted on policy and fears of a bush era revival at the cia. halfway through the u.k.'s coalition government wants mid-term a with an enormous to do list leaving many in and started to hit bridge and deeply unimpressed. cuts as the head of google of those as north korea despite washington's a criticism look at whether the internet giant has any chance to engage with the reclusive...
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well sam americans are to foot the bill president obama signs a stop gun law or to raise their taxes as part of the deal to avoid plundering off the fiscal cliff. they have be eyes accused of failing to want american occupy activists that there was a plot against them. plus an icon of french cinema arrives in russia where he's expected to receive a passport after quitting his upon country of attacks. latest news on the week's top stories this is the wiki on our she with me thanks for joining us now is this syrian conflict so renewed violence in the first week of the new year it also led to more counties among journalists covering the crisis as one correspondent for pro-government media was said to have died a woman sustained in a gun at times by rebels as he was returning home from work and i'll see arabic news crew and several international reporters have come under rebel sniper fire outside of the capital and one of our colleagues come out sacco was injured while trying to escape the gunfire and this is his account of what happened. we arrived at the damascus suburb early in the mo
well sam americans are to foot the bill president obama signs a stop gun law or to raise their taxes as part of the deal to avoid plundering off the fiscal cliff. they have be eyes accused of failing to want american occupy activists that there was a plot against them. plus an icon of french cinema arrives in russia where he's expected to receive a passport after quitting his upon country of attacks. latest news on the week's top stories this is the wiki on our she with me thanks for joining us...
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and you know what obama said three days after i want to listen to you? he said eric, i won, you lost, i trump you on that. then about a week later, he said i want the folks who got us in to the mess to do less talking. and a lot more listening. you can talk a little bit. i want you to stay on the sidelines while we try to clean it up for you. unbelievable. gone with any notion of unifying the country of bringing us together. instead there came the steady mantra of attack and vilify the other sides. no idea. just like his 2008 campaign for president was not idea-based. it was hope and change. glorious speeches with no substance whatsoever. the only substance he was going unify us. be the post partisan president. almost immediately it was conservatives are hostage takers. they are the enemy. they care only about millionaires and billionaires and not children with autism and down syndrome. what was the approach? why did obama and his administration just come in wanting to vilify the other side with the intense hatred? it was bringing to the administration t
and you know what obama said three days after i want to listen to you? he said eric, i won, you lost, i trump you on that. then about a week later, he said i want the folks who got us in to the mess to do less talking. and a lot more listening. you can talk a little bit. i want you to stay on the sidelines while we try to clean it up for you. unbelievable. gone with any notion of unifying the country of bringing us together. instead there came the steady mantra of attack and vilify the other...